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158 JOHN BUNYAN'S DREAM STORY
fought so stoutly for us. How can we go on without you?"
"Yes," said Mercy, "we should have perished if you had not led us. Oh, that we might have your company to our journey's end !"
Then the little boy took him by the hand and said, "Oh, sir, won't you go op with us and help us? We are so weak, and the way is so rough and dangerous !"
"I must obey my master," answered Greatheart. "To-night I must return to him. But if he shall afterwards bid me be your guide, I will gladly come and wait on you. And so I bid you adieu."
And with that he turned and went back through the darkness. |
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